January January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 344 days remaining (345 in leap years).
Events
- 1941 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
- 1950 - Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- 1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut.
- 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel release the Original Soundtrack to The Graduate, which quickly goes to #1 on the pop charts and which will bring Simon a Grammy for Best Original Score.
- 1969 - An experimental underground nuclear reactor at Lucens Vad, Switzerland, released radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
- 1976 - The first commercial service Concorde flight took off.
- 1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders.
- 1994 - Lorena Bobbitt is found not-guilty by reason of temporary insanity for severing the penis of her husband John.
- 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
- 1999 - War on Drugs:In one of the one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,309 kg) of cocaine aboard.
- 2003 - The terms of Kevin Mitnick's parole allow him to use a computer again.
- 2004 - Canada: The residence of reporter, Juliet O'Neill was searched by the RCMP investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
- 2004 - NASA's MER-A (Mars Rover) had too many open files for the flash memory; the robotic Rover froze in mid-motion; the problem was fixed remotely from Earth.
Births
- 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, statesman, essayist (d. 1626)
- 1738 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (d. 1789)
- 1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate Army general (d. 1863)
- 1829 - Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
- 1850 - Paul Vinzenz Busch, ringmaster (d. 1927)
- 1855 - John Moses Browning, inventor (d. 1926)
- 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, narrator, dramatist and lyricist (d. 1921)
- 1867 - Maxime Weygand, French General (d. 1965)
- 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet
- 1884 - Roger Baldwin, ACLU president, social activist (d. 1981)
- 1885 - Umberto Nobile, politician and airship designer (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Cristobal Balenciaga, couturier (d. 1972)
- 1922 - Paul Scofield, actor
- 1924 - Telly Savalas, actor (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Benny Hill, comedian, actor (d. 1992)
- 1926 - Steve Reeves, actor (d. 2000)
- 1939 - Wolfman Jack, disk jockey, actor (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Jack Nicklaus,professional golfer
- 1941 - Plácido Domingo, opera singer
- 1941 - Richie Havens, musician
- 1950 - Billy Ocean, musician
- 1953 - Paul Allen, entrepreneur
- 1955 - Jeff Koons, artist
- 1956 - Geena Davis, actress
- 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player
- 1963 - Detlef Schrempf, basketball player
- 1976 - Emma Bunton, AKA "Baby Spice," singer
- 1981 - Dany Heatley, NHL hockey player
- 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Deaths
- 1118 - Pope Paschal II
- 1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. ca. 1475)
- 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, Protestant scholar (b. 1540)
- 1793 - King Louis XVI of France executed (b. 1754)
- 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Näff, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1802)
- 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, composer (b. 1842)
- 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the USSR (b. 1870)
- 1928 - George Goethals, American army engineer
- 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer and biographer (b. 1880)
- 1933 - George Moore (novelist), novelist (b. 1852)
- 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer (b. 1876)
- 1950 - George Orwell, writer (b. 1903)
- 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
- 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, director (b. 1881)
- 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, writer (b. 1887)
- 1989 - Billy Tipton, jazz musician (b. 1914)
- 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
- 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Jack Lord, actor (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Susan Strasberg, actress (b. 1938)
- 2002 - Peggy Lee, singer (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright
Holidays and observances
January 20 - January 22 - December 21 - February 21 -- listing of all days
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be:21 студзеня
ca:21 de gener
cs:21. leden
cy:21 Ionawr
da:21. januar
de:21. Januar
et:21. jaanuar
es:21 de enero
eo:21-a de januaro
eu:Urtarrilaren 21
fr:21 janvier
fy:21 jannewaris
ko:1월 21일
hr:21. siječnja
is:21. janúar
it:21 gennaio
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lt:Sausio 21
lb:21. Januar
hu:Január 21
nl:21 januari
ja:1月21日
no:21. januar
oc:21 de genièr
pl:21 stycznia
pt:21 de Janeiro
ro:21 ianuarie
ru:21 января
sa:२१ जनवरी
sl:21. januar
fi:21. tammikuuta
sv:21 januari
tr:21 Ocak
uk:21 січня
wa:21 di djanvî
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